Someone was suppose to Write "Rach take down the Christmas Lights and put in on the refriger......How long as that been there"

So we just put away the decoration and I figured before I changed my blog I better post the rest of the Christmas Pictures.... Brigitte also inspired me. for some more Christmas pictures go here.  So here are the kids visiting Santa. I don't know how many know that you can get free pictures with Santa if you bring your own camera. Make sure you stand exactly where they tell you or you WILL get put on the naughty list. Jayden and Brogan take their visit with Santa so serious. 

Here we are opening up our Jammies so that we all look nice in our pictures Christmas morning.

Jayden waste's no time in stripping off his clothes and trying on his jammies..

His "Just what he always wanted" Star Wars Lego Jammies

Stillman needed shorts more than Jammies. He usually where shorts anyway and his pajamas sit in a drawer.

We went to Grandma's and Grandpa's house for Christmas Eve and had a little program and Cookie exchange. We Sang the Nativity song while the kids acted out The Nativity, A few good natured adults filled in with some roles. The costumes were done by an amazing seamstress I know. Thank You Mom! They made their parents proud and brought a few tears I was told.

Our Wise Men. Alex liked pointing out which Wise Man he dressed up as on our Advent Calendar.

Cookies for Santa, The boys always test taste the cookies before giving them to Santa.

Scurrying off to bed, Alex was too fast for me. He was worried that Santa would think he stole a toy from Grandma that he accidentally took home with him. He worried all night, that Santa wouldn't know it was an accident.

The one and only picture I took on Christmas morning. We video recorded the rest. Which was good, because some of Alex gift brought tears to his eyes. No Really, he cried when he opened his pillow pet!

We stopped by Stillman's Grandparents house and gave them our presents and visited with the Aunts, uncles and cousins that came up from Utah before heading over to Michelle's family for Dinner.

"Yay! Thomas"

Opening his "Just what I always wanted" Lego toy

For some reason I can't type above this picture. But it is of the boys at our ward Christmas party.

Cancel Christmas!

We have an awesome Advent calendar the Grandma LaVerne made for us. Every year the kids want to put The Baby Jesus up first. I never let them. I make them wait until Christmas Eve to him up. They play with the pieces everyday and we lost the Baby. This happened last year too. I didn't find him until after Christmas last year.

So this year Alex Says :"We are going to have to cancel Christmas if we can't find him." He even told his aunt Brigitte that we might have to cancel Christmas.

He get's it! Thank you Primary Teachers and Dr Sues. Christmas isn't about packages or bows.

Luckily Christmas is saved I found him stuck behind one of the Camel's (Velcro) that was already on the nativity calendar. We have him now Velcro-ed behind his manger for safe keeping and he will be swapped on Christmas Eve.

A Few Christmas Pictures

Linder Farmds X2

Kids Say......

Here is another one for the journal.

Alex: "I got my running lessons from Ginny, That's why I run so fast."
After soccer practice I told him he did a really good job tonight.
Alex: " I guess my running lessons paid off."

Jayden's I think you might have had to been there for it to be as funny as it sounded. But I want to record it because I want to remember it.

Jayden was being very hyper in the car. He does this alot. He likes to scream in the car too. Something we are working on. Somwhere in all his hyper nonsense babbling he starts saying yelling MOOO MOOO MOOO then in a very sweet calm voice " Hi Cow"

Teaching Moments

We took the kids to the Apple Orchard last month. The kids had so much fun. This experience was so great for them. We were able to teach them about Service, a little about Canning, and how you can get apple cobbler from a Tree!

The kids thought it was funny to let the apples hit them on the head. I know. I know. Too many anvils.

Jayden later fell. Good catch Mom!

So sweet!

We put these little ones to work. They peeled all the apples themselves!

"It's Ming Ming" (It's actually Linny)

Boil, Boil

 

 

 

 

 

Toil and Trouble!

Q - "Do you know what they keep in the preservation room?"

A - "Delicious Jams and Jellies?"

                                               -National Treasure

We are saving these for apple pies and cobbler!

The Parents tunnel